Kavinsky + Lovefoxxx + Breakbot = OMG!!!

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I really don’t know how much I can say here, the original of Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ featuring shared vocal duties with Lovefoxxx of CSS is pretty incredible, elevating Kavinsky far far above being an electro-House or French House artist, it’s a proper, retro-tinged, ElectroPop track. it’s pretty dark (save for Lovefoxxx’s counterpoint vocals), it’s mid paced, and actually really emotive. There’s no ‘banging’ in sight. It’s, dare I say it, beautiful!

So, let’s throw Breakbot into the mix shall we! Although (and this is just my personal preference) I prefer the original, I absolutely cannot fault Breakbot’s Disco opus, it’s got everything, literally everything, you’d look for in a Disco track!

Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Breakbot reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

-Edit- I’ve removed the .mp3, apparently that wasn’t the finished master, which essentially means the final track will be even better!

The ‘Nightcall’ EP, the continuing adventures of the Dead Cruiser, is released 15th March and includes a reMix from Dustin N’Guyen, who is rumoured to be Xavier DeRosna, we shall see!

Kavinsky @ Beatport

Kavinsky @ Juno

Kavinsky @ Amazon

CHEW LiPS reMix We Are Enfant Terrible

I’d defiantly like to see CHEW LiPS reMixing more, freeing themselves from structured song writing.

This reMix for We Are Enfant Terrible show what potential they have to produce some stunning reMixes. The Electro-Noise-Pop they lay down on ‘Wild Child’ is seriously something we’d like to hear more of!

We Are Enfant Terrible – Wild Child (CHEW LiPS reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Wild Child’ single is out now

We Are Enfant Terrible @ Beatport

We Are Enfant Terrible @ Amazon

Fenech-Soler’s new single

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Fenech-Soler are tearing up Indie-Electro dancefloors up and down the UK right now, their forthcoming single ‘Stop And Stare’ is set to continue the trend!

The title track is a synth driven anthem, when it’s released in April you can bet you will be hearing it all over, it could very well be the soundtrack to your summer!

The single comes with a nice reMix package, including this one by Tony Senghore. Dropping in 8-Bit sounds and cutting analog synths this reMix is just dirty Electro build after build!

Fenech-Soler – Stop And Stare (Tony Senghore Vocal Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

19th April sees the release of ‘Stop And Stare’

Fenech-Soler @ Beatport

Fenech-Soler @ Juno

Fenech-Soler @ Amazon

Client’s Sarah Blackwood & William Orbit

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Acclaimed Electronica/Trance producer William Orbit dropped this track on his blog a couple of days ago, it’s a version of his track ‘White Night’ featuring vocals by none other than Sarah Blackwood, vocalist and frontwoman of ElectroPop heroines Client (and ex-of Dubstar).

The original’s a bit more bass heavy and ethereal, this is some sweet sounding, straight-up ElectoPop. Sarah’s vocals give the song a sense of sultry urgency that the original was lacking. Honestly, I think this deserves a single release!

William Orbit (Feat. Sarah Blackwood Of Dubstar & Client) – White Night (Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘White Night’ is originally from the album ‘My Oracle Lives Uptown’

William Orbit @ Beatport

William Orbit @ Juno

William Orbit @ 7Digital

William Orbit @ Amazon

Client @ Beatport

Client @ Juno

Client @ 7Digital

Client @ Amazon

Kisses

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Kisses, otherwise known as Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson, a Disco-Pop duo out of LA, will be releasing their début single in April.

‘Bermuda’ is everything you’d want from a summery ElectroPop track, chilled and laidback but interesting enough to hold your attention with smooth production. Rather than commanding you to the dancefloor, it politely invites you with a charm you just can’t turn down!

Kisses – Bermuda (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Bermuda’ is out on 19th April on Transparent and includes a reMix from Active Child. Until the, show the pair some MySpace love!

Kisses @ MySpace

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs

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OK, this lot’s been blogged to death in the last few days but I’ve been doing a bit of computer upgrading so this is a bit of a let post, but who cares, right? This is some killer music that some of you may not have heard (yet!).

LA and France meet head on in this heavyweight Electro face off! Oh Shit! and Night Drugs are teaming up to drop the single ‘Everybody Needs’, and it’s pretty funking amazing! Smooth SynthPop meets Filter-House and massive funk bass. The EP will have eight reMixes of the track. My pick of the pack would have to be electronic rumors faves Diamond Cut, who mix it up with heavy bass, a sweet lead line and big Disco flavour, Bit Funk’s huge Nu-disco vocoder outing and Binary man Fabian with his deep Disco-tinged Dreamwave track.

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (zShare) (MediaFire)

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Diamond Cut reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Bit Funk reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Fabian reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The EP is released exclusively on Beatport on 17th March as a special WMC release from Velcro City Records.

Oh Shit! @ Beatport

Oh Shit! @ Amazon

Night Drugs @ Beatport

Night Drugs @ 7Digital

Night Drugs @ Amazon

New autoKratz EP

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autoKratz manage to walk that line between noisy Electro-House and proper ElectroPop more successfully than most. Leaning more toward the former is this track, ‘Skin Machine’ which is the B-Side of their forthcoming ‘Kick EP’.

One of the most exiting live acts in Electronic music, autoKratz have recruited Jagz Kooner for production duties on their forthcoming album and if ‘Skin Machine’ is anything to go by it’s gonna’ be a full on affair. Almost Industrial-Electro this track is just relentless!

autoKratz – Skin Machine (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Kick EP’ is out Spring 2010 on Kitsuné Music.

autoKratz @ Beatport

autoKratz @ Juno

autoKratz @ 7Digital

autoKratz @ Amazon

Baby Monster reMixed by Jocks

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The timer is ticking down to the release of Baby Monster’s début single ‘She Comes Alive’ on BigStereo Records.

London based Jocks have dropped their reMix of the track to tide us over, and it turns the electronic aspects of the song  all the ways up! We posted Jocks’ reMix of CHEW LiPS ‘Play Together’ recently and together with this track, it’s looking like Jocks is going to be a force to be reckoned with. Look out for another of his reMixes later today!

Baby Monster – She Comes Alive (Jocks reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘She Comes Alive’ is out on 29th March.

Baby Monster @ BigStereo Records

Baby Monster @ Amazon

NightWaves In The Air Tonight

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Binary Records posted this on their blog the other day and I just had to share it with you.

One of their finest acts, ElectroPoppers NightWaves, covering Phil Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’!!! A song which always makes me think of Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice driving the Ferrari Daytona and brooding through rainy Miami streets at night…and if there was ever a scene that summed up the Dreamwave ethos, then surely that is it!

So, it’s a fitting cover, by a fitting band, and it’s actually really good. Of course, the drum solo isn’t Collins, but what follows is every bit as powerful! 😉

NightWaves – In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)

If you don’t already know them, NightWaves are well worthy of your attention:

NightWaves @ Beatport

NightWaves @ 7Digital

NightWaves @ Amazon

[Via Binary Entertainment]

THISISNOTANEXIT release their Manifesto

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Forward thinking alternative electronic label THISISNOTANEXIT, home to act as diverse as the raw Electro-Punky Detachments and Canadian ElectroPop geniuses Parallels, have just dropped their premiere label compilation. As the title, ‘THISISNOTANEXIT – Manifesto #1’, suggests it’s more than a collection of artists, it’s a proclamation of what the label stands for.

The combination of sonic experiments and quality pop music (in the best possible way) seems to define the artists on THISISNOTANEXIT, on the album you get ambient acid soundscapes from Brain Machine alongside the instrumental Bedroom pop of Professor Genius, the Nu-Disco excursions of Hatchback alongside the Noise-Pop of They Came From The Stars I Saw Them, and more dancefloor friendly offerings from the likes of Pink Stallone and Night Plane. And, of course, the utterly brilliant ElectroPop jam ‘Ultralight’ by Parallels.

These two tracks may give you a taste of what to expect, first up we have Memory Tapes alter ego Weird Tapes with their DIY Acid/ElectroPop mash-up ‘The Walking Dead’ and Young Monday, whose raw disco ‘Zaire’ is one of the more dancefloor orientated tracks on offer.

Weird Tapes – The Walking Dead (zShare) (MediaFire)

Young Monday – Zaire (zShare) (MediaFire)

Most of the tracks on ‘THISISNOTANEXIT – Manifesto #1’ are previously unreleased. The album consists of two CDs (or ‘chapters’), the first being a label compilation, the second being a mix by label boss and man-with-a-great-ear Simon Carr.

This is some highly recommended shit right here!

THISISNOTANEXIT – Manifesto #1 @ Beatport

Weird Tapes @ Beatport

Young Monday @ Beatport

THISISNOTANEXIT – Manifesto #1 @ Juno

THISISNOTANEXIT – Manifesto #1 @ 7Digital

THISISNOTANEXIT – Manifesto #1 @ Amazon